gettin my groove on "TRIP report" boardie bash style--april21-may11,2013

[garysteph1018]

Well said Booger!!! Thank you ... thank you .... thank you!!!

Thanks Groove for clarifying that we all had a blast & for giving props to the person who worked her arse off for us!

[groove16]

Well said Booger!!! Thank you ... thank you .... thank you!!!

Thanks Groove for clarifying that we all had a blast & for giving props to the person who worked her arse off for us!

i've had a few messages with her about the trip, and told her over and over how much fun we had....I am glad we went and even with the bumps in the road, it did not ruin the trip...like booger said, we all control our own fun factor....this is the last thing (maybe) I am gonna say about what happened to this person...since you agree that this was an ongoing problem, you will also have to agree that "she" was the loudest, most annoying of the two....IMO, she should have been told to move, not him...and if anybody should have been put off the bus, it was her...well no one should have been put off the bus...that's the point, as bad as it was, it wasn't that bad....it really wasnt ruining our time....

and why didnt anyone else get involved and separate the two? because it wasn't that big of a deal to anyone else....no threaat of violence, didnt appear close to getting out of control.....I mean she was out of control all day, like you said, and that was annoying from minute one...but again with my point of the wrong person was targeted, if anyone needed to be targeted....she took his pride from him in front of all, and he paid for it...too proud to move to the back of the bus...

steph, u know how outspoken I am (you got that same trait) and it was not like me to let something happen that i didnt think was right, and I questioned myself for a long time after this...

[Jambarney]

Hey dude sorry to poke around when I was not there, but what difference does it make whether it was a local or not? Still sounds like it was way toooooo far away from home to be putting anyone off , short of a physical harm to others threat or issue.

I've met both Groove and Flip and trust their judgment, sounds like it was a bit harsh. The fact that he was a local probably meant he had some connections to get home but also way less money to do so. Not exactly my idea of how I treat people in their own country (no matter how drunk they are), but hey to each their own.

I'm not sure why the "local mention Jamaican" part was even brought up, being that you say it "should see no mention on the www." , totally irrelevant. You know one love and one blood and all?

Just an observation, take care and glad it ended ok and fun for all.

Jamb

[booger]

Hey Jam,
I respect both their judgements as well. I personally enjoyed nothing but good times with them and theirs. I mentioned the fact that it was a local as it appeared to me from reading Groove's TR that it was a tourist who was bounced from the bus. Like I said, he was a great guy and I feel horrible for the chit he had to deal with. Peace

[Jambarney]

No problem dude, take care.

Groove love your report man!!

Jamb

[DConkle]

groove16 forgive me if I missed it but is there a pic of this"monitor" you speak of? I don't smoke but understand when in JA it's pretty much everywhere.... Sounds like you handled it better than I might have! Now I can pick up with the story where I left off! Loving it !

[garysteph1018]

7migal ... what purpose does posting a picture of the monitor serve.

I'm sure Groove's acct of what happened on his bus it totally accurate, but a lot of things happened that he has no idea about that lead to the decision that was made. Everyone needs to remember there are a lot of sides to a story, and there are those who think they have to discuss the negative, and those of us who don't.

However ...

This "self appointed monitor" is getting way too much sh#t handed her way. She happens to be a really great person, who actually had the balls big enough to look out for the folks on the bus when no one else would. The guy who got kicked off may be a good guy, but he chose poorly when he chose his companion for that week. She has, in the past, been violent, and judging from what I saw during the day ... and I was directly in her line of fire for a good 8 hours ... was more than likely about to explode. I do know that the "self appointed monitor" tried to separate the two, obviously with no help from the other passengers, and when the arguing didn't stop, did what she thought was best. So lighten up on her.

As far as the smoking ... give it a rest. Chicken made that decision, and he completely did the right thing. The bus was a non-smoking bus b/c it was a new bus, and he wants to keep it nice. The "self appointed monitor" was on that bus for that non-smoking reason. Up close proximity smoking is not something that she wanted to be a part of, and there was only SO MUCH room on the smoking bus. Some people were so desperate to get on the "smoking" bus, they kept asking their bus to stop instead of just letting all of us get to where we needed to be ... at which time they would have been able to smoke it up!

So anyway, that's about all I wanna say .... well not really, but I'm going to stop. I would just ask that everyone remember there are many 100% accurate sides to a story.

[DConkle]

gerysteph1018, thanks for the view from another angle.

[loomis41973]

Thank you for the great pics...it's been awhile since we've visited JA.

[Flipadelphia26]

jamb. what's up. Hope all is well.